A process to expand Gronlid Central School’s catchment area east has begun.
The expansion uses the Carrot River as its south boundary all the way to Highway #35, missing Armley and Ridgedale. From there, the border goes north by two sections, west by two sections and north by one section before going back west. The change will require the bus heading to Gronlid stop at two more yard sites.
“This relates to some requests we had been receiving from east of Gronlid for students to attend Gronlid versus going all the way down south to Tisdale,” Wanda McLeod, the North East School Division’s business superintendent, told the board at their Feb. 27 meeting. “ Because we were receiving various requests from various families, the board asked administration to look at what would be a reasonable boundary change so we didn’t have to piecemeal this.”
The change will mean that students will go to Gronlid Central from Kindergarten to Grade 8 and then go south to Tisdale Middle & Secondary School from Grades 9 to 12. Students in the boundaries that are already going to TMSS – which starts at Grade 6 – will be grandfathered in and see no changes.
Luke Perkins, the division’s chair, told media after the meeting the change made sense.
Notice of the change will appear in local newspapers. The board will review written submissions and listen to delegations wishing to respond to the changes at its April 24 meeting.
That wasn’t the only boundary change the board supported. They also voted to support a change to the border between it and the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division west of Melfort to allow a property owner there to get busing to Melfort. Saskatchewan Rivers’ board has yet to discuss that proposal.
